HERMITAGE NO-KILL CAT SHELTER

Our vision: All cats deserve permanent, loving homes, and euthanasia of convenience is non-existent.

We work for the day when no cat is born unwanted, and when all companion animals are altered, microchipped and living in loving homes with educated and protective human guardians. We also work toward the day when No-Kill is the law of the land, when animals are not euthanized to "make room" at shelters, but only reserved to end needless suffering in cases of unmanageable pain. Our mission hinges on the fact that animals are worth saving, that they are sentient beings and deserve protection, and so our work will continue until the day that all companion animals are treated with the respect and love they deserve.

We actively practice No-Kill in our shelter, and advocate for it in our community, and county. We hope to spread this ideal throughout Arizona, and throughout the south west part of the US. We do this through education, classes, promotion of TNR (trap-neuter-return) and through alteration of our shelter cats, and promotion of alteration of all companion animals. We collaborate with other rescues to promote spay/neuter of all pets, and advertise vaccination and microchipping clinics to help promote healthier, happier pets.

We are able to provide medical care for our feline residents due to our state-of-the-art medical suite. Doing much of our surgeries, and other medical care in-house allows us to move more quickly when a cat is ill, preventing stresses from travel, and allowing us to practice preventative medicine, as opposed to reactive medicine.
Our staff is highly trained and motivated, and works hard to promote the other aspects of our mission of No-Kill through active education of visitors, volunteers, supporters, and adopters. By working to spread education, we know we are able to do much more for the needy cats in our community, than if we attempted to do the work ourselves. We also actively collaborate with other shelters and rescues in our area, creating a safety net for the cats and the humans in need.

In 2017 we completed a renovation of our shelter, a much needed project that allowed us to build a medical suite, and reconfigure our square footage to best care for the cats in our shelter. We have consistently worked to ensure best practices with our cat-care, and are always seeking better education for ourselves as staffers, and for our volunteers. We have also consistently been able to rescue and find homes for more cats every year. Many of our special needs cats are also adopted, and provided a loving home where their medical needs are provided for, and they are able to enjoy "owning their own human" for as long as they live.
We have worked hard to educate ourselves and our community, promoting No-Kill practices and advocating for the cats in our community who have no voice of their own.